By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--February 6, 2016
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In an increasing anti-Christian era where a president openly declared “God Bless” on Planned Parenthood, Catholic nuns have jumped into the fray to elect his successor, abortion advocate Hillary Clinton.
With songs and slogans, 13 congregations of Catholic Sisters of the Upper Mississippi River Valley hit the campaign trail in Iowa earlier this week.
In an all-out effort “to call for an end to environmentally destructive policies and practices”, the environmental activist nuns placed more than 20 billboards in strategic locations throughout state, southwest Wisconsin and western Illinois in time for the Feb. 1st Iowa caucuses."Our big hope is that people see that caring for the climate, caring for the earth is a moral obligation," committee member Sister Joy Peterson said in an interview with National Catholic Reporter's Global Sisters Report. "It's not political, even though we need to influence politicians, but it's an issue so important to the future of all creation. We also want to stimulate further response to the encyclical reminding people of that message that earth is our common home." “People also are urged to call attention to the humanitarian challenges of climate change with legislators and candidates at the caucus and throughout the election season. "'Caring for Our Common Home' also invites each of us to do our part to lessen the detrimental effects our actions have on the environment," said Sister Kathleen Storms, a School Sister of Notre Dame, who is director of Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat in Wheatland, Iowa. "When our personal actions align with Pope Francis' message, we will effect change in our homes, neighborhoods. When our legislators see us taking this message seriously, they will find ways to make changes that will alter our state and global actions."The secular signature call of global warming alarmists like Al Gore and Obama has been to shrink the global footprint of all who walk on Mother Earth, while the sisters call to “walk more gently” on this planet: With their current billboards, the sisters want “to raise awareness and encourage all to walk more gently on this planet to preserve our earth for future generations.” (Catholic News Service) Ironic when it is taken into consideration that abortion is one of the biggest threats against “future generations”. “Short public common prayer services were being held in each city where the billboards are posted: Dubuque and Davenport, Jan. 27; Des Moines, Jan. 31; and Cedar Rapids, where a Feb. 6 service was planned. It was rescheduled from Feb. 2 after weather predictions called for heavy snow. (Catholic News Service)
“In Dubuque, about 50 sisters, associates and friends huddled on a cold, windy day near a billboard there, and they carried placards with the billboard message. “The sung refrain of "Sacred the Land, Sacred the Water" by Franciscan Brother Rufino Zaragoza carried the theme.”The same folksy tunes can now be heard in a multitude of Catholic churches each Sunday. Shades of Al Gore can be heard in the sisters’ call to manmade global warming alarmism:
"The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all." "We need only to take a frank look at the facts to see that our common home is falling into serious disrepair." "Today, we cannot help but recognize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach, which must integrate justice in the discussions of the environment, to hear the cry of the earth with the cry of the poor." “The prayer petitions that followed called for actions needed to halt the practices harming the environment: "We pray that the agreement from the Paris Climate Conference will truly help us to care for our common home and each other." "We pray for the next steps along the journey that governments and others must take. We ask that God will guide them in fulfilling their commitments justly and in raising their ambition to meet the needs of the world."Mercifully, only “a few beeps of solidarity and waves from passing lunch-hour motorists punctuated the prayer service”. But sisters conclude that the response to their billboards has been very positive. "Thank you sisters for living and preaching the call for our planet's sustainability! Standing with you from Milwaukee," wrote one commenter on a community's Facebook page.” (Catholic News Service) Meanwhile, Pope Francis and his global warming slogan-chanting, singing nuns have wandered far away from God who created our “Common Home” and closer to the growing pagan religion of Gaia. They won’t be coming back any time soon.
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